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+# import modules
+import markdown as md
+
+# function definitions
+
+# convertFile(): takes in a path to a markdown file and
+# outputs an html snippet.
+def convertFile(infilePath):
+    rawfile = open(infilePath)
+    output = ""
+    isComment = False
+    for line in rawfile:
+        if "+++" in line:
+            if not isComment:
+                isComment = True
+                continue
+            else:
+                isComment = False
+                continue
+        if isComment:
+            continue
+        else:
+            output = output + line
+    output = md.markdown(output)
+    return output
+
+# getMetadata(): returns the metadata as a dictionary
+def getMetadata(infilePath):
+    rawfile = open(infilePath)
+    isComment = False
+    metadata = {}
+    for line in rawfile:
+        if "+++" in line:
+            if not isComment:
+                isComment = True
+                continue
+            else:
+                isComment=False
+                break
+        if isComment:
+            key = line.split(" = ")[0]
+            value = line.split(' = ')[1][:-1]
+            metadata[key] = value
+            if metadata[key] == "true":
+                metadata[key] = True
+            if metadata[key] == "false":
+                metadata[key] = False
+            if isinstance(metadata[key], str):
+                metadata[key] = metadata[key][1:-1]
+    return metadata
+
+# getTitle(): returns the title from the metadata
+def getTitle(infilePath):
+    return getMetadata(infilePath)['title']
+
+def convertDate(timestamp):
+    dateStr = ""
+    newTime = timestamp.split('T')[0]
+    date = newTime.split("-")
+    day = date[2].lstrip("0")
+    year = "20" + date[0][-2:]
+    match date[1]:
+        case "01":
+            month = "January"
+        case "02":
+            month = "February"
+        case "03":
+            month = "March"
+        case "04":
+            month = "April"
+        case "05":
+            month = "May"
+        case "06":
+            month = "June"
+        case "07":
+            month = "July"
+        case "08":
+            month = "August"
+        case "09":
+            month = "September"
+        case "10":
+            month = "October"
+        case "11":
+            month = "November"
+        case "12":
+            month = "December"
+        case _:
+            month = ""
+    return "{} {}, {}".format(day, month, year)